Cheesy Story

Tuesday, March 8th, 2016

Food people are interesting people. I don’t say this just because I love food. The fact is, the search for…

Going Behind the Pastry Curtain

Friday, September 11th, 2015

It’s pink, it’s grand and it’s a classic. The Belmond Mount Nelson Hotel is also the long reigning queen of…

Wednesday, August 5th, 2015

Until recently, I was an ignoramus about Islam. When almost a quarter of your city’s population is Muslim, and you…

Wednesday, August 5th, 2015

I love farmers’ markets. They are goodness incarnate. For me, it’s not just the organic eggs and kale and berries,…

Food, Places

Friday, July 31st, 2015

Cape Town is awesome. Not awesome like the hot dog in Eddie Izzard’s comedy routine, or a new pair of…